Thursday, April 29, 2010

He loved music from the non-formal scene

He also liked synthesisers because he loved Brian Eno's, or Philip Glass' music, but also that of Nina Hagen and other artists from the non 'formal' scene. I believe it was enough to present him with a subject which he would like for him to catch on it.

I also feel that it is this dilettantism, in the most original sense of the word, which made him so accessible for every audience, because Scott disassociated his instrument from music at large, hence I might also say that he played in the same manner that the 17th and 18th century musicians did in their own time. An era which, far from being restricted to lace and sweeps of the leg, was just as brutal and hard for the body, included among the well to do, than what exists in the Third World today, and a fortiori for musicians; if we shall take this into consideration, it might help us to get away from any insipid prettiness. He, for one, had done this - from Scott Ross - An Unfinished Destiny by Michel Proulx.

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Hello, the English edition may be made available, it's just that it needs reprinting and binding, which I generally do by the unit. It's a bit of a hassle, but I'm willing to do it. Postage for the USA turns around 5 or 6 euro. For the book itself 15.

Yours

mxl

As I said in my 2005 post, buying that book is quite a trip. But it's a trip worth taking. Do you know any other publisher that hand prints and binds each copy - all for 15 euros = 20 US dollars?

dfan, do you stick Post-it notes like I do on the next CD to play so you remember where you have got to in the thirty-four CDs?

I have them on my iPod, where I listen to them at work, plus I keep a text file of what I listen to when so I know when it's time to bring something back in the rotation. Apparently I started this cycle (on and off, obviously) back in March 2008...